Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-09-03
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
LOCAL NEWS.

First Lieutenant J. a. bRldw1n, sun Infantry, IS relieved as Judge Advocate of the general court martial convened at Fort Thomas, A. T., and First Lieu tenant R. D. Read, ir., 10 Cavalry IS 3D. pointed ID his stead.
 Services in commemorstion of San Augustine. the patron saint of the Oath olic church will be celebrated with great pomp. Vespers will be sung at b:l5 shis evening and likewise to-mor- TOW at S:30, Services will be conducted by the Rev. Juan Chsucot, of Yuma.
 The Mexican Army is composed of Generals of Division, 20: BrigsdIer Generals. S6; Generals, retired, l6; Chiefs 1887; Officers, 2634; Infantry, 20,- 2O6; Cavalry, 7.65S Artillery, 2,158, Med .cal Officers, 226; Stafs, 5; Supreme Court, r.; Sscretsrys of War. g; Horses, 7,lSS; Males, 2,7S4; Total, 30,275 men. The album which was ordered by the Miles Sword committee arrived to-day. IL IS bound ID Russia leather, with Gen. Miles name in gilt letters.
 The names of all the subscribers to the sword fund will be entered in this album, and presented with ths sword as a eouyenior of the occasion.
 MT. Thomas Hughes, one of our best and mess fsvorsblY known citizens. left for California on Friday last. He will visit extensively in that state, then go east to meet and greet old frieuds. He will finally wind mp at the G. A. R. cels- brgtiOn ID St. Louis next fall. From St. Lotus he will come home.
 Mr. Joseph Soldini, proprietor of the Maison D0ree. having opened 8 branch house in the Park, will close the Msison DoTes on the corner of Mesills street and Church plaza at 10 p. ID. during the continuance of the San Augustine feast. After the hour named, 'Jo" can always be found in his branch house on the Park grounds.
 Mr. \. Mason has sold out his inter est IF the Anzona Timber Go. to the Towle Bros.. of Dutch Flat, California. Mir. Robt, Carnshan has, by the latter gentlemen, been given charge of the yard. Mir. Carnahan is 6 thorough gen. tleman and a lumber man from away back. He will continue to give sstisfsc- ton 50 the many patrons of the yard.
 The Star this morning erroneously stated that Dr. Martin would have 6 Viohy water fountain at the Park. The doctor will prepare and furnish the Vichy for said fountain, but beyond that he has nothing whatever to do with the management of the enterprise. His own business, which is very large, re- quires his entire personal attention, Dr. Martin has the confidence of the people.
 The branch house of the Mason Doree, at the Park grounds. will be conducted on & magnificent scale. Every delicscy ard luxury will be ss elegantly served as at the main house. Fresh oysters and spring chickens can be had at all times. The oysters are of the famous Count" brand and are sd- judged the best iu the market They were received fresh yesterday and will be served m any style to suit.
 Mir Paul Hummer has been experI- meDting in grasses, and claims to have discovered particular variety sthst will thrive and grow on the dryest of lands. The seed came from 8 large eastern house, to whom he represented the wants or the country. The results have, he SAYS. been more than satisfactory. He invites those interested to call st his ranch on the Rillito, and investigate his claims.
 William Hesson, Who repreSents 8 party of Indianapolis capitalists, left the city to-day for Arizona, where he goes to locate a tract of 10000 acres of des- ert land, st'S2 per acre. It is the aEfpose of the company to ir-iggGte the same and produce growth of alfalfa, which IS in- tended .1r grazing purposes. It will be stocked with an immense herd of battle,
 q. rr7nNl ka ohtaIDed from the Gils River, near which the ranch will be loc8ted.-L. A. Times.
 1Tr. E. M. Watson, one of the sttor- neys ID the Department of Justice. whose arrival was mentioned Tn the CITIZEN on Saturday, returned home to- day Mir Wstson's business here was to take testimony in the case Of E. N. Fish whose claim agalnst the govern meut for four destroyed by the Indians when they killed Sspsniego and hIs tesmsters, while en route to Camp Grant with the four in question, in 1882, has long been pending before the depart ment. There IS every prospect of the speedy settlement of this claim.
 Mrs. Williams, recently murdered by her husband ID Los Angeles, was for six yealf I resident of this city, but at that time she was the wife of J. c. Webber. Webber, 1t will be remembered, WAS prlyate WstchmRn for l.. Zeckendorf & Co. On the 23d of May, 1883, when onis drunken debauch, he shot and killed 8 weiI-known sporting man by name of Hinton, Rs he was returning from the Park. For this deed Webber was ar rested, tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitenti8ry st Yuma, for life. Webber IS reported to have escaped, and is now sad to be in Los Angeles apply ing for the custody of his children.
 Hitherto the figures gwen in geo. graphies and by travellers ss to the pop ulation of China, have been futterly un- trustworthy. At the bottom of the fig uring hos been guesswork, and hence the estimates of from 250, 100000 to 450, 00).000 people. The Chinese govern ment is now taking 8 census in the most careful manner, snd twelve of the prov inces have been counted ID, the footinRs aggregatiag 321.000,000. The other six provinces, it IS thou ght, will bring the population up to something over 4OO,- OOO,OO0. Admitting inaccuracies, these figures probably approximate closely the truth. The last Chinese census WAS taken in ISl2-Ex.
 An old. careful reader of newspapers and close observer remarks: "Our opinion of & standing advertisement m apRper is that 1t commands confidence. The man who for years resides in com- munIty and lives a respectable life, even though he be of moderate ability, will grow in the confidence of his fellows. On the same terms the newspaper sd- vertisement becomes familiar to the eyes of the reader. It may seldom be care fully read, still it makes the name and business of the man familiar, and its continued presence in she columns of the newspaper inspire confidence in the stability of the Rdvertiser.-Lss Vegas News.
 A gentlemen recently in from Ameri- can Flag states that on Wednesday morning last about o'clock. there be- gan one of the most extraordinary storms ever seen in the Santa CstslInss. It lasted about fifty minutes. But oh, heavens: how 1t csme," The last heard of the road leading to the Southern Belle mill if was making railroad time